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Immunotherapy’s promise in the fight against cancer drew international attention after two scientists won a Nobel Prize this year for unleashing the ability of the immune system to eliminate tumor cells.But their approach, which keeps… Read More...

Following a six-month experiment in India, the messaging platform announced on Monday that it will restrict users globally to forwarding a message to only five chats at a time. The previous limit outside India was 20.WhatsApp, which is… Read More...

This morning, Malaysian B2B e-procurement marketplace Dropee announced their success in acquiring RM1.4 million in seed funding in a round led by early stage-focused Vynn Capital. Incepted in 2016, Dropee’s one-stop marketplace aimed to… Read More...

An artificial intelligence program that’s better than human doctors at recommending treatment for sepsis may soon enter clinical trials in London. The machine learning model is part of a new way of practicing medicine that mines electronic… Read More...

Dumpster diving. A huge trove of data spilled onto the web and has been helpfully uploaded to HaveIBeenPwned, a leaked password-checking database for consumers, by security researcher Troy Hunt, the site’s proprietor. The leak, dubbed… Read More...

Just days after catching our first glimpse of AMD’s next-generation 7nm Vega graphics card, the Radeon VII, the rumor mill spat out a tidbit about its next-next-generation cards, which reportedly are not far away. Off the back of AMD… Read More...

If you work in tech, you’ve heard about artificial intelligence: how it’s going to replace us, whether it’s over-hyped or not and which nations will leverage it to prevent, or instigate, war. Our editorial bent is more clear-cut: How much… Read More...

What is Android System WebView & What it Does?Android WebView is a system app that can be found on Android devices running on version 4.4 or above. However, do you know what is it and what it does? Here in this article, we have… Read More...

Mad as Hell about something? Not going to take it anymore? Well, you’re in luck, because Facebook is currently rolling out a new tool in the US that will let users create and support online petitions, as reported by Tech News. Dubbed… Read More...

A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes. The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors embedded in a WSU smart… Read More...

The second feature film revolving around the shenanigans of adorable twins Upin and Ipin will be released on March 21 at cinemas nationwide. Titled Upin & Ipin: Keris Siamang Tunggal (Upin & Ipin: The Lone Gibbon Kris), it has been… Read More...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have announced an agreement to cooperate on the creation of a cryptocurrency, UAE official news agency Emirate News Agency reports on Jan. 19. According to the report, the Executive Committee… Read More...

Uber is looking to integrate autonomous technology into its bike and scooter-share programs. Details are scarce, but according to 3D Robotics CEO Chris Anderson, who said Uber announced this at a DIY Robotics event over the weekend, the… Read More...

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott believes understanding AI in the future will help people be better citizens. “I think to be a well-informed citizen in the 21st century, you need to know a little bit about this stuff because you want to be able… Read More...

Twenty-two years ago the world first met Jill Valentine, AKA the Master of Unlocking, when Resident Evil made its debut and changed the face of survival horror gaming. Now, finally, in 2019 we’re getting the long-awaited sequel, Resident… Read More...

When an over-the-air iOS update starts downloading on your iPhone or iPad, you can monitor its progress in the Settings app via General -> Software Update. The lack of a cancel option on this screen seems to imply that there’s no way to… Read More...

Killing Robots Remember when assailants beat and dismembered a hitchhiking robot? Or destroyed a sex robot at an electronics show? Or when a man pulled a gun on a Waymo self-driving car? Or beat an educational robot with a baseball bat?… Read More...

Digisexuals Remember the French woman who claimed she was engaged to a 3D printed robot she had designed, or the Chinese engineer who performed a marriage ceremony with a robot wife? In a fascinating new story, the Tech News reports that a… Read More...

The cloud computing arm of a Chinese tech giant has recently announced the launch of a second data centre in Indonesia. According to a recent report, this announcement comes only 10 months after it has set up its first data centre in the… Read More...

The Malaysian government is still uncertain whether to make cryptocurrencies a legal entity or not. According to reports, cryptocurrencies are neither legal nor illegal in Malaysia. While addressing the issue, the Minister of Federal… Read More...

In the global mobile industry, the term ‘5G’ or fifth generation mobile technology is on everyone’s lips as industry players set out to commercially deploy the network, hopefully within the next few years. Whilst 5G is tauted as the next… Read More...

According to a recent report, Malaysia is in the midst of reviewing it’s 2018 and looking into the possibilities that lie ahead in 2019. With renewed vigour that the country hopes to make its way into the new year as ‘Malaysia Baru’. The… Read More...

Decision makers must come to terms that the Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer a futuristic concept. Many enterprises are already progressing beyond the conceptualisation stage and embarking on their IoT deployment. However, it is… Read More...

COMMUNICATIONS and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo announced in a statement on Jan 15 the appointment of Surina Shukri as the new CEO of the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). According to the statement, Surina’s (pic,… Read More...

Microsoft is changing course with its Cortana digital assistant. Rather than viewing popular digital assistants from Google and Amazon as competitors, Microsoft now sees them as potential friends for Cortana. This means that instead of… Read More...

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown out for the PlayStation 4, and you can read our full review of the VR content and check out what we thought of playing the game with a Thrustmaster flight stick (spoiler: it’s awesome). However, the VR content… Read More...

Instagram has completely usurped television as the key way to advertise to young people, according to financial services firm Cowen. Cowen surveyed major US ad buyers, and it found that for new branding campaigns, the buyers would… Read More...

Two popular refrains by crypto commentators in 2018 were “the herd is coming” and a call for “mainstream adoption.” Prognosticators openly speculated on the impact institutional investors would have on the value of the crypto assets in… Read More...

Facebook will make game livestreaming easier with its integration of Streamlabs OBS livestreaming software, which enables users to stream their favorite games through Facebook. Streaming video games using other broadcasting software can be… Read More...

Unlike films, videogames can be hard to go back to. Whether that’s because of ageing controls, improvements in graphics, or simply nostalgia shading what actually wasn’t a good experience to begin with – it’s difficult. While game… Read More...

Blocking images from automatically downloading in your email client is an important part of security. Both for your computer and your online identity. There are several reasons why you should prevent images in an email from automatically… Read More...

Meet The World’s Most Popular Social Networking AppWe all know very well that the popularity of the social network giant Facebook which is the most extensive social network on the Internet is indisputable. But, now according to the latest… Read More...

A funny thing happened in the second half of 2018. At some moment, all the people active in crypto looked around and realized there weren’t very many of us. The friends we’d convinced during the last holiday season were no longer speaking… Read More...

For many years, it was fashionable to devote January to a detox, normally from alcohol and often from coffee. This year, for the first time, my friends are devoting January to a digital detox. The idea has much to commend it, but where to… Read More...

The crypto curious will soon be able to dip their toes into bitcoin while grocery shopping. Bitcoin ATM company Coinme is partnering with coins-to-cash converter Coinstar to allow bitcoin purchases through Coinstar kiosks in a number of… Read More...

As usual, it’s time to present you with our selection of the best new arrivals and updated favorites from the Google Play Store. Without further ado, here are the top apps that impressed our editors and community the most this week. I… Read More...

Let’s just say it: When compiling a record of the tech industry’s blunders this year, it’s tempting to zoom in on Facebook and leave it at that. The company had an annus horribilis so rich in scandal, embarrassment, and turmoil that it’s… Read More...

Another in-game event went live in Fortnite this morning, covering the entire map in snow and kicking off the Ice Storm event. Earlier this week, a mysterious ice sphere appeared above Polar Peak. A silhouette of the Ice King, the final… Read More...

Learn how to avoid downloading Trojans on Android Devices by checking out various things that can cause virus in your Android system and you need to double check all the things to secure your Android from trojans. Trojans? What are these… Read More...

A SCOTS lass suffered an embarrassing email gaffe after applying for a job at Microsoft. Laura Maclean, 21, told how she was “freaking out” ahead of a job interview with the tech giants over Skype call on January 18. Laura tweeted about… Read More...

Getty Images The Democratic National Committee said this week that following last year’s midterm elections, Russian hackers again took aim at the organization. “In November 2018, dozens of DNC email addresses were targeted in a… Read More...

Scientists and policymakers converged at MIT on Tuesday to discuss one of the hardest problems in artificial intelligence: How to govern it. The first MIT AI Policy Congress featured seven panel discussions sprawling across a variety of AI… Read More...

To support the business in the growing markets in Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific region, Granlund and Calypso Business Solutions have agreed on partnering to be able to serve customers with digitalization projects better. Calypso Business… Read More...

Major crypto exchange Binance plans to expand to eight new countries in 2019, according to a report from crypto outlet The Block, Jan. 17. Following the report, a Binance spokesperson has declined to confirm six of the alleged locations in… Read More...

Every day new always-connected gadgets arrive on the market and invade our homes. Whether we want it or not, our homes are turning into smart homes. But how much do these comforts weigh on your electricity bill? Are you just embarking on a… Read More...